<p>Thank you all for the suggestions - they’re varied and give me lots of approaches and mindsets to consider. My main concern is that during the school year I play travel softball nightly, so lack of time and being enervated from that is going to be a hassle. So even though it’d be nice to relax during the summer, I want to try to take advantage of this time and get something done with it. Plus, it’s not like it’s dreary work. I’m very interested in histories and learning… although Calc doesn’t seem like it’s going to be all that fun 
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<p>As for reading books that aren’t related to the AP course itself (such as textbooks and reviewbooks), I think that I’m really going to do that. I find it a fascinating way to soak in information about a time period or subject when you’re simply reading a book for entertainment. I’m going to check out the Howard Zinn book (thank you for the suggestion!) and my sister read “The American Political Tradition” and loved it, so I’ll give that one a shot. It’s already in our bathroom as the go-to stuck on the toilet book, haha.</p>